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Hello, this is Father Paul, and I'm glad we're

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taking this journey together to read the Bible

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in a year. Today's reading is from 1 Kings chapter

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6. And it came to pass in the 480th year after

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the children of Israel had come out of the land

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of Egypt in the fourth year of Solomon's reign

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over Israel in the month of Ziv, which is the

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second month that he began to build the house

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of the Lord. Now the house which King Solomon

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built for the Lord, its length was sixty cubits,

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its width twenty, and its height thirty cubits.

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The vestibule in front of the sanctuary of the

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house was twenty cubits long across the width

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of the house, and the width of the vestibule

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extended ten cubits from the front of the house.

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And he made for the house windows with beveled

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frames. Against the wall of the temple he built

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chambers all around against the walls of the

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temple, all around the sanctuary and the inner

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sanctuary. Thus he made side chambers all around

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it. The lowest chamber was five cubits wide,

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the middle was six cubits wide, and the third

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was seven cubits wide. For he made narrow ledges

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around the outside of the temple, so that the

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support beams would not be fastened into the

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walls of the temple. and the temple when it was

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being built was built with stones finished at

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the quarry so that no hammer or chisel or any

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iron tool was heard in the temple while it was

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being built the doorway for the middle story

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was on the right side of the temple they went

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up by stairs to the middle story and from the

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middle to the third so he built the temple and

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finished it and he paneled the temple with beams

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and boards of cedar and he built side chambers

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against the entire temple Each five cubits high,

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they were attached to the temple with cedar beams.

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Then the word of the Lord came to Solomon, saying,

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Concerning this temple which you are building,

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if you walk in my statutes, execute my judgments,

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keep all my commandments, and walk in them, then

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I will perform my word with you which I spoke

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to your father David, and I will dwell among

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the children of Israel, and will not forsake

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my people Israel. So Solomon built the temple

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and finished it, and he built the inside walls

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of the temple with cedar boards, from the floor

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of the temple to the ceiling he paneled the inside

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with wood, and he covered the floor of the temple

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with planks of cypress. Then he built the twenty

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-cubit room at the rear of the temple from floor

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to ceiling with cedar boards. He built it inside

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as the inner sanctuary, as the most holy place,

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and in front of it the temple sanctuary was forty

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cubits long. The inside of the temple was cedar,

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carved with ornamental buds and open flowers.

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All was cedar, there was no stone to be seen.

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And he prepared the inner sanctuary inside the

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temple to set the ark of the covenant of the

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Lord there. The inner sanctuary was 20 cubits

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long, 20 cubits wide, and 20 cubits high. He

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overlaid it with pure gold and overlaid the altar

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of cedar. So Solomon overlaid the inside of the

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temple with pure gold. He stretched gold chains

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across the front of the inner sanctuary and overlaid

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it with gold. The whole temple he overlaid with

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gold until he had finished all the temple. Also

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he overlaid with gold the entire altar that was

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by the inner sanctuary. Inside the inner sanctuary

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he made two cherubim of olive wood, each ten

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cubits high. One wing of the cherub was five

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cubits, and the other wing of the cherub five

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cubits. Ten cubits from the tip of one wing to

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the tip of the other. And the other cherub was

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ten cubits. Both cherubim were of the same size

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and shape. The height of the cherub was ten cubits,

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and so was the other cherub. Then he set the

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cherubim inside the inner room, and they stretched

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out the wings of the cherubim, so that the wing

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of the one touched one wall, and the wing of

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the other cherub touched the other wall, and

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their wings touched each other in the middle

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of the room. Also he overlaid the cherubim with

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gold. Then he carved all the walls of the temple

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all around, both the inner and outer sanctuaries,

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with carved figures of cherubim. palm trees and

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open flowers, and the floor of the temple he

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overlaid with gold both the inner and outer sanctuaries.

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For the entrance of the inner sanctuary he made

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doors of olive wood, the lintel and doorposts

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were one -fifth of the wall. The two doors were

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of olive wood, and he carved on them figures

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of cherubim, palm trees and open flowers, and

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overlaid them with gold, and he spread gold on

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the cherubim and on the palm trees. So for the

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door of the sanctuary he also made doorposts

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of olive wood, one -fourth of the wall, and the

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two doors were of cypress wood, two panels comprised

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one folding door, and two panels comprised the

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other folding door. Then he carved cherubim,

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palm trees, and opened flowers on them, and overlaid

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them with gold applied evenly on the carved work.

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And he built the inner court with three rows

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of hewn stone and a row of cedar beams. In the

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fourth year, the foundation of the house of the

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Lord was laid, in the month of Ziv. And in the

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eleventh year, in the month of Bul, which is

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the eighth month, the house was finished in all

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its details and according to all its plans. So

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he was seven years in building it. I hope you

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enjoyed today's reading as much as I did, and

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I look forward to seeing you again tomorrow to

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continue on our journey. God bless you and have

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a great day.